• Regional  Hydrographic  Commissions
  
  2nd Coordinating Meeting of the East Asia Hydrographic Commission (EAHC)
  Chiangmai, Thailand, 23 - 25 January 2008.
  
  
• Working Groups
  
  Chart Standardization and Paper Chart Working Group (CSPCWG)
  4th Meeting
  IHB, Monaco, 13 - 15 November 2007.
  
  15th TSMAD Working Group  Meeting
  IHB, Monaco, 14-18 January 2008.
  
  WEND Task Group on ENC Coverage
  IHB, Monaco, 28-29 January 2008.
  
  Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Working Group (MSDIWG)
  1st Meeting
  IHB, Monaco, 4-5 February 2008.
  
  
• Conferences / Seminars
  
  International Seminar on Improvement of ENC Coverage and Availability (in Asia and its adjacent areas).
  Tokyo, Japan, 19-20 February 2008.
  
  
• Information of Interest
  
  IHO's Participation in the United Nations Environment Programme
  Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 19-22 February 2008.
  
  
• New Ship
  
  New Thai Hydrographic Vessel.
  "HTMS Pharuehatsabodi".

• Regional  Hydrographic  Commissions
  
  South West Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (SWAtHC) - Regional Hydrographic/Cartographic Plan Project ;
  15 - 22 February 2008.
   
   8th Meeting of the North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission (NIOHC) ;
  Goa, India, 15 – 17 April 2008.
  
  Working Groups
  
   8th Meeting of the Black and Azov Seas Working Group (BASWG) ;
  Kiev, Ukraine, 25 - 26 March 2008.
  
  
• Committees / Sub-Committees / Commissions
  
  IMO-IHO Capacity Building Coordination Meeting ;
  IMO, London, UK, 14 March 2008.

   Report of the 31st Meeting of the FIG/IHO/ICA International Board on Standards of Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors and Nautical Cartographers ;
  Penguin Naval base, Sydney, Australia, 7 – 11 April 2008.

                 IMO COMSAR Sub-Committee 12th Session ;
  Royal Horticultural Halls, London, UK, 7 – 11 April 2008. 
   
  

• Information of Interest
  
  COAST-MAP-IO Project – IOC-IHO Assessment Mission ;
  Maldives, 2 – 4 April 2008.
  
   Straits of Malacca and Singapore Marine Electronic Highway Demonstration Project ;
  Penang, Malaysia, 14 – 15 April 2008.
  
  
• Technical Visits
  
  Technical Visit to the Hydrographic and Geodetic Service of the Republic of Cuba ;
  Havana, Cuba, 3 – 6 March 2008.
  
  
• Other Bodies
  
   31st Executive Council of PMAWCA ;
  Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 21 – 25 April 2008.
  
  
• New Hydrographers

  New Hydrographer nof the Republic of Korea
  From March 2008.

  New Hydrographer of Brazil
  From April.
  
  

MAY  -  SEPTEMBER

• Regional  Hydrographic  Commissions
  
  28th Meeting of the North Sea Hydrographic Commission (NSHC);
  Elsinore, Denmark, 22- 24 April 2008.
   
   52nd Meeting of the Nordic Hydrographic Commission (NHC) ;
  Norrkoping, Sweden, 6 - 8 May 2008.
  
  1st EAHC Quality Assurance of Multibeam Sureying and Data Processing;
  Singapore, 16 - 19 June 2008.
  
  
• Working Groups
  
  18th Meeting of the Colours and SYmbols Maintenance Working Group (CSMWG);
  Cape Town, South Africa,  7 - 9  May 2008.
  
  WEND Task Group on ENC Harmonization, Coverage and Distribution;
  Lisbon, Portugal, 23 - 24 June 2008.
  
  
• Committees / Sub-Committees / Commissions
  
  CIRM Annual Meeting ;
  Dublin, Ireland, 21 - 23 April  2008.

  21st Meeting of   GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) ;
  Jeju Island, Rep. of Korea, 19 - 22 May 2008, followed by
  3rd Symposium on Application of Marine Geophysical Data and Undersea Feature Names on 23 - 24 May 2008.
                 

• Conferences / Seminars
  
  Canadian Hydrographic Conference 2008 ;
  Victoria, Canada,  4 - 8  May  2008.
  
  
• Information of Interest
  
  Chairman EAHC Visit to Vietnam's Maritime Safety Company ;
  24 – 25 April 2008.
  
   Marine Electronic Highway -  Project Steering Committee ;
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3 - 5 June 2008.
  
  31st Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM).
  Kiev, Ukraine,  1 - 13 June 2008.
  
  World Hydrography Day - Celebrations in Lisbon;
  Lisbon, Portugal,  24 June 2008.
  
  
• Other Bodies
  
  84th Session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) ;
  IMO HQ, London, 7 - 16 May 2008.
  
  58th IMO Technical Cooperation Committee (TC58) Meeting;
  IMO HQ, London,  10 - 12 June 2008.
  
  FIG Working Week;
  Stockholm, Sweden, 14 - 19 June 2008.
  
  54th Session of the IMO Safety of Navigation Sub-Committee (NAV);
  IMO HQ, London, 30 June - 4 July 2008.
  
  41st IOC Executive Council;
  Paris, France,  24 June - 1st July 2008.
  
  
• Hydrographers
  
  New Hydrographer at the Norwegian Hydrographic Service;
  As from 20th February 2008.
  
  
• IHB  Visits
  
  Technical Visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain ;
  04 – 06 May 2008.
  
  Technical visit to Rumania;
  8 - 10 July 2008.
  
  
• Visits to IHB

  Visit of the Chilean Hydrographer to the IHB;
  20th June 2008.
  
  Visit of the Staff of the Japan Coast Guard Ship "KOJIMA";
  11th of July 2008.

• Regional  Hydrographic  Commissions
  
  IHO Hydrographic Commission on Antarctica (HCA) - 8th Meeting.
  Niteroi, Brazil, 6-8 October 2008.
  
  9th Meeting of the Meso-American & Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission (MACHC)
  Niteroi, Brazil, 09-10 October 2008.
  
  10th Conference of the Eastern Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (EAtHC)
  Lomé, Togo, 3-5 December 2008.
  
  
• Working Groups
  
  Chart Standardization and paper Chart Working Group (CSPCWG)
  5th Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 18-21 November 2008.
  
  
• Committees / Sub-Committees / Commissions
  
  10th   Meeting of the Commission on the Promulgation of Radio Navigational Warnings (CPRNW10).
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25-29 August 2008.
  

• Conferences / Seminars
  
  ABLOS 15th Business Meeting, 
  IHB, Monaco, 14-15 October 2008  and 
  
  ABLOS  5th Conference
  IHB, Monaco, 15-17 October 2008.
   
  
• Information of Interest
  
  The Hydrographer of Singapore awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science.
  University of Plymouth, UK, on early September 2008.
  
  National Day of Monaco - 19 November 2008.
  Captain Bermejo's Medal.
  
  Inauguration of  IMSSEA
  28th November 2008, Genoa, Italy.
  
  
• Other Bodies
  
  IMO-IOC-IHO Meeting on Capacity Building Matters
  IOC, Paris, 14-15 October 2008.
  
  85th Session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC)
  IMO Headquarters, London, 26 November - 5 December 2008.
  
  
• IHB  Visits
  
  Visit to Haiti
  19-23 October 2008.